Compilation of the Social Security Laws

ANNUAL REPORT

Sec. 479A. [42 U.S.C. 679b] The Secretary,
in consultation with Governors, State legislatures, State and local
public officials responsible for administering child welfare programs,
and child welfare advocates, shall—

(1) develop a set of
outcome measures (including length of stay in foster care, number
of foster care placements, and number of adoptions) that can be used
to assess the performance of States in operating child protection
and child welfare programs pursuant to parts B and E to ensure the
safety of children;

(2) to the maximum extent
possible, the outcome measures should be developed from data available
from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System;

(3) develop a system
for rating the performance of States with respect to the outcome measures,
and provide to the States an explanation of the rating system and
how scores are determined under the rating system;

(4) prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary to ensure that States provide to the Secretary
the data necessary to determine State performance with respect to
each outcome measure, as a condition of the State receiving funds
under this part;

(5) on May 1, 1999,
and annually thereafter, prepare and submit to the Congress a report
on the performance of each State on each outcome measure, which shall
examine the reasons for high performance and low performance and,
where possible, make recommendations as to how State performance could
be improved; and

(6) include in the report
submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2007 or any succeeding
fiscal year, State-by-State data on—

(A) the percentage
of children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who
were visited on a monthly basis by the caseworker handling the case
of the child; [241]

(B)[242] the total number of visits made by caseworkers
on a monthly basis to children in foster care under the responsibility
of the State during a fiscal year as a percentage of the total number
of the visits that would occur during the fiscal year if each child
were so visited once every month while in such care; and

(C)[243] the
percentage of the visits that occurred in the residence of the child.

[242]
P.L.
112-34, §106(d)(2), inserted this new subparagraph (B). For the
general effective date [October 1, 2011] and the delay permitted if
State legislation is required, see Vol. II, P.L. 112-34, §107.

[243]
P.L.
112-34, §106(d)(2), redesignated the former subparagraph (B)
as subparagraph (C). For the general effective date [October 1, 2011]
and the delay permitted if State legislation is required, see Vol.
II, P.L. 112-34, §107.

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